Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2111.ūsus on page 2111
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ūsus use
ūsus is a Latin Noun that primarily means use.
Definitions for ūsus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
use, experience, skill, advantage
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Application (of something) to a purpose, employment, use. (b) (of a person, esp. in some given capacity); also, treatment (of a person). (c) (of immaterial things, esp. words or sim.). (d) (implying frequent or prolonged use).
- 2
(phrs.) in ~u esse, habere, retinere, To be, keep, in use: in ~um uenire, to come into use, become current. (b) (pregn.) in ~u esse (poni), to be in common or everyday use; ex ~u, in accordance with everyday use.
- 3
Means of using (a thing) or enjoying (conditions, etc.); power of exercising (an organ, faculty, etc.).
Sentences with ūsus
Latin to English
Ager bene cultus est ūber ūsū et ōrnātus speciē.Compare A field well cultivated is rich in usefulness and beautiful in appearance.
Lais anus Veneri speculum dedico; dignum habeat se aeterna aeternum forma ministerium. at mihi nullus in hoc usus, quia cernere talem, qualis sum, nolo, qualis eram, nequeo. (De Laide dicante Veneri speculum suum. Epigrammata, LXV)Compare I, the aged Lais, dedicate my mirror to Venus; let eternal beauty receive the eternal tribute it deserves. The mirror is no longer of any use to me, for I do not want to see myself as I am, and I cannot see myself as I was.
Multa renascentur quae iam cecidere, cadentque quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus.Compare Many a term which has fallen from use shall have a second birth, and those shall fall that are now in high honor, if so Usage shall will it.
Etsi ars quidem, cum ea non utare, scientia tamen ipsa teneri potest, virtus in usu sui tota posita est; usus autem eius est maximus civitatis gubernatio. (De re publica, I, 2)Compare Though it is true that an art, even if you never use it, can still remain in your possession by the very fact of your knowledge of it, yet the existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use; and its noblest use is the government of the state. (Tr. C. W. Keyes)
Usus me genuit, mater peperit Memoria. Sophia vocant me Graii, vos Sapientieam. [Sella]Compare Practice was my father, memory my mother. The Greeks call me sophia, you call me wisdom.
Id magis verisimile esse usus reapse experiundo edocet.Compare This is actually the more likely opinion, in the light of ordinary experience.
Perpetuus nulli datur usus, et heres heredem alterius velut unda supervenit undam.Compare No one is given perpetual occupation—heir follows heir as wave follows wave.
Declension table for ūsus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ūsus | ūsūs |
| Gen. | ūsūs | ūsuum |
| Dat. | ūsuī | ūsibus |
| Acc. | ūsum | ūsūs |
| Abl. | ūsū | ūsibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 489.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2111.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ūsus, ūsūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/usus-usus.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 489.on page 489
